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No. 329,430. Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

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Edwarvlfl jean UNITED STATES ZATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD DAVIS BEAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CANE-,GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329.530, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed February 9, 1885.- Serial No. 155,296. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWARD Dav s BEAN, of Boston, (Chelsea) in the county of Suffolk, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in. Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is aside view of my improved firearm as it appears when it is to be used as a cane or as the lower portion of a fishing-rod. Fig, 2 illustrates a portion of the same on an enlarged scale with the parts in the same position as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the barrel as drawn forward or out of the sleeve and in the position ready for cooking the fire-arm. Fig. "4 is'a top View, Fig. 5 a side view, and Fig. 6 ahorizontal and longitudinal sectiomof the rear portion of the barrel with the breechpiece pivoted thereto. Fig. 7 is a transverse section on line a b of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is atrans verse section on line 0 d of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a vertical and longitudinal section of the parts a portion of the handle applied thereto. Fig. 10 is avertical and longitudinal section of the parts shown in Fig. 9 as they appear when the fire-arm is in readiness to be. discharged. Fig. 11 is a view of that side of the firing-pin wt ich "is next to the trigger. Fig. 12 is a view of that side of the trigger which is next to the firing-pin. Fig. 13 is a top View, and Fig. 14 a side view, of the cartridge-shell expeller. Fig. 15 is an inner side view of a portion of the breechpiece, showing the groove in which the stud projecting from the shellexpeller works. Fig. 16 is a view of the rear portion of the barrel, showing the groove which receives the shell-expeller.

'The nature of the invention is duly defined in the claim hereinafter presented.

The article herein described, embodying my said invention, is designed for use either as a cane or a fire-arm, as occasion may require. The barrel shown at A is a breech-loading one and is hinged to the breech-piece B, so as to be capable of being turned into an angle therewith, to expose the open rear end of the said barrel, and in manner to admit of the exof it of a fresh charge or cartridge, there be ing to the barrel a device or mechanism, to be described, for so driving out of it at the proper time a spent-cartridge shell.

The breech-piece B has within it the firing-pin O. and its catch or trigger D. This firing-pin slides lengthwise within the breech-piece. It

is provided with a spiral spring, E, adapted to it, as shown, for advancing it to cause it to bring up against the cartridge shell for of feeting an explosion of the fulminate'of the charge thereof. The breech piece is adapted to slide lengthwise withina sleeve or tube, F, projecting from a stick or handle, G, such sleeve having within it, as shown in Figs. 1.

laterally out of the slot, and there is also an-:

other such notch, d, at the rear end of the slot,

.the notch (1 leading laterally out of the slot. shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, with the sleeve and Within the breech-piece B there is a groove, 6, that is dovetailed in its cross-section to receive and support a bolt, I, capable of sliding lengthwise within the groove. Leading down from the said groove into the bore of the breech-piece is a slot, f, through which there extends from thefiring-pin a stud or screw, When the sleeve is turned down..into an obtuse angle with the barrel, in order to bring the stock or handle into a position for its rear end to be borne against the shoulder of a per-- son for him to fire the gun, the bolt I is advanced underneath the rear part of the barrel against a stud or-shoulder, h, projectingtherefrom. The sleeve at the same time is formed so as to close over the barrel for a short distance at its rear end. The barrel, by bearing on the bolt with the stud it against the end of the bolt, is supported in its angular position with the stock. The sleeve, when encompassing the barrel for a short distance at its rear end, operates to prevent the escape of gas laterally from the joint of the barrel and the breech-piece. Lengthwise in the firing-pin is a groove, k, opening out of which, near its front end, is a notch, Z. The trigger D is a headed bolt arranged with its shank extending crosswise of and alongside of the firingpin, and having a projection, m, to enter the groove k thereof, there being to the trigger and in the breech-piece a spring, a, to force the bolt into a cooked position. the trigger, when the trigger-projection m is in the groove k, is flush with the outer surface of the breech-piece. The said notch and projection are to hold the firing-pin cocked. By a person pressing his forefinger on the head of the trigger, when the firing-pin is cocked, the trigger may be moved inward, so as to carry itsprojection m out of the notch I, so as to allow the spring of the firing-pin to throw the pin forward. upward from the bolt I near its rear end and into the slot H. The upper part of the stud g is directly in rear of the rear end of the bolt I. The sliding breech-piece has its bore closed at its rear end by a screw, 1), through which the-tail part q of the firing-pin slides.

When the parts are in positions for the firearm to be used as a cane, the barrel and breech-piece are to be in line with each other,

and the sleeve is to be formed so as to surround both and extend in advance of their joint, in which case the sleeve-is to be turned laterally on the breech-piece, so as to cause the stud 0 to enter the notch (I. As the bolt I will then be against the stud 9, not only will the sleeve be locked to the breech-piece, but will'so extend beyond it and upon the barrel as to hold them in a right line with each other.

When the parts of the gun' are? 0 be brought into positions for the gun to be fired, the sleeve is first to be turned laterally on the breechpiece to bring the stud 0 into the slot of the sleeve. Next the sleeve is to be drawn backward on the breech-piece and turned laterally,

' so as to cause the stud 0v to enter the notch c.

Next the sleeve is to be .farther retracted on thebreech-piece, in which case the sleeve will retract the bolt I and. cause it to draw back .ward the firing-pin until it may be stopped which the sleeve is to be advanced on the latter and upon the rear end of the barrel, the bolt being carried, with the sleeve until such bolt may bring up against the stud h, projecting down from the barrel. Such barrel is inclined, as shown at s, at the upper part of it, at its rear end, in order that when the barrel is in its angular position to the breechpiece the sleeve may pass over the inclined part, which, with the bolt, serves to hold the The head of A stud orscrew, 0, projects barrel inclined to the breech-piece and the sleeve and its handle. The gun, if previously loaded, may next be fired, which may be accomplished by pressing upon the head of the trigger, so as to force the trigger inward.

To bring the barrel-into a position for the cartridge-shell to be extracted or expelled from it, and another or charged one to be substituted, the sleeve is to be drawn backward beyond the barrel, which may next be turned upward into nearly a right angle with the sleeve, so as to expose the rear end of the barrel.

The cartridge-shell expeller represented at L consists of a slide, a top view of which is shown in Fig- 13 and a side view in Fig. 14. It is arranged within a groove, t, in the barrel and so as to project directly in front of the head of the shell, and it has a stud, u, projecting from it into a groove, 1;, arranged obliquely in the next adjacent part of the breech-piece. On turning upward the barrel the expeller, by means of the stud and groove, will be moved so as to force the shell backward a short distance to enable it to drop out of the barrel, or for the head of the shell to be taken hold of to advantage for the shell to be extracted from the barrel by the fingers of the gunner.

When the gun is to be used as a cane. the nozzle should be stopped by a proper stopper placed within and to project from it, which, preparatory to the, gun being fired, shall be removed from it. Instead of such a stopper, a fishing-pole stem may be inserted in the barrel, so as with the barrel to form a fish-pole, in order that while a person may be angling and any game may appear near enough for him to shoot it he can readily remove the-stemfrom the barrel and use the gun for shooting. the game. i

I claim.

The combination of the gun-barrel, the hollow breech piece jointed to the barrel and having the groove 6 and slotf, the firing-pin having the ping and its operative spring ar-' ranged lengthwise within the breech, the trigger and its operative spring arranged trans- EDWARD DAVIS BEAN.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, ERNEST B. PRATT.

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